Role of oxidants in enhancing dewaterability of anaerobically digested sludge through Fe (II) activated oxidation processes: Hydrogen peroxide versus persulfate

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Song, Kang ^a,b   Zhou, Xu ^c   Liu, Yiqi ^d   Gong, Yanyan ^e   Zhou, Beibei ^b   Wang, Dongbo ^a   Wang, Qilin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^e NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON; OXIDIZING AGENT; WATER;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON; OXIDANTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84964661996     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep24800     Document Type: Article

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